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Wrist Joint Replacement, Small Wrist Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 25444

This service replaces one of the small bones of the wrist, called the lunate, with an artificial implant. It is used when this bone's joint surface is too damaged by disease or injury to be repaired, often due to a loss of its blood supply. The implant helps restore wrist alignment and reduce pain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wrist Joint Replacement, Small Wrist Bone cost?

$3,886

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$776 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,072 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $912 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698professional $2,188

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 39th of 50

$3,886

$2,188 physician + $1,698 facility

IN $31,051WV $1,684

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.